Today I finished the third book on my summer reading list (of 47, which even I know is probably unrealistic). That book was Kate Milford's middle grade take on Patrick O'Brien, The Left-Handed Fate. It took me awhile to get into it (more my fault than Milford's - I was distracted by soccer games and congressional hearings), but it ended with a literal bang and I wound up keeping myself up this late so I could finish it.
In the interest of keeping this short, I will just share this quote that I wanted very much to share with somebody. It comes right at the end and it is (kind of) about fireworks and it sums up quite nicely why I like fireworks so darn much (and eclipses and anything else that stops people in their tracks with awe):
"Wonder is great and important. And wonder at the visible - at what can be seen and shared, that requires no nationality or belief to experience - that is a special kind of phenomenon."
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